Movies You Watch Every Christmas?

12-21-2016, 10:59 PM

Is there a movie that you watch every Christmas? I watch Elf every Christmas. I would have to say that it's my all time favorite movie. I know that it's a newer one and now a traditional Christmas movie, but I love it.

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I always watch some version of A Christmas Carol (either George C. Scott or Muppets), one of the Santa Clause movies (usually the first) and the special A Charlie Brown Christmas and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. I might sneak another couple of movies or specials in, but those are the must sees.

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The Nativity Story, and there's about a million of those to watch.
Miracle on 34th Street, original black and white version.
The Santa Clause Trilogy, with Tim Allen.
Fitswilly, with Dick Van Dyke.
Muppet's Christmas Carol.
Scrooge, the musical with Albert Finney.
Scrooged, with Bill Murray.
Christmas with the Kranks.
Hallmark Christmas Movies, way too many to mention.
Hallmark Movies and Mysteries Christmas Movies, again way too many to mention.
Charlie Brown Christmas.
All the Classic TV Christmas Movies, Rankin & Bass versions of Rudolph, Frosty the Snowman, S.C. is Coming to Town.
It's a Wonderful Life, Original version.
A Nightmare Before Christmas.
Home Alone Series, the first two anyway.
A Christmas Story, with Ralphie and the lamp.
Edward Scissorhands.
Meet Me in St. Louis, with Judy Garland, and she introduced "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" to the world.
Jingle All the Way.
A Christmas Carol, with George C. Scott.
The Polar Express.
Babes in Toyland, original version.
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
I'll be Home for Christmas, with Jonathan Taylor Thomas.
Lampoon's Christmas Vacation.
Fred Claus.
Santa Claus, The Movie, with Dudley Moore. Movie starts off great, then drops off from there.
Ernest Saves Christmas, great family movie.
Arthur Christmas.
White Christmas, Bing sings again with "White Christmas" with a revamped version of Holiday Inn.
Holiday Inn, Bing Crosby introduced the song, "White Christmas".
A Christmas Carol, with Alastair Sims.
All I Want for Christmas, with Leslie Nielsen as Santa.
The Family Man, with Nicolas Cage.
It Happened on 5th Avenue.
One Magic Christmas, with Mary Steenburgen.
Rare Exports, Finnish movie with subtitles. Interesting movie though.
Christmas in Connecticut, with Barbara Stanwyck.
Bishop's Wife, with Cary Grant.
The Shop Around the Corner, with Jimmy Stewart.
Joyeux Noel, stopped a war for a day during World War 1.
Rise of the Guardians, one of my favorite Christmas movies.

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Falasben, do you start on Thanksgiving and watch 3-4 a day through Christmas?

I like Christmas movies but don't get to watch as many as I would like. I don't have any MUST see movies as it varies from year to year. A few that I never tire of are:

Any version of Miracle on 34th St
Any version of A Christmas Carol
Christmas Story
Any Grinch movie

In answer to your question, I actually start during the weekend before Thanksgiving. Lot's of them I have on DVD and some on TV. But yeah, I can watch 3 to 5 on the weekends, and 2 to 3 weekdays during the holiday season. My wife and daughter hate me for it as they get tired watching Christmas type movies all season long. That's why we have more than 1 TV in the house. I usually end up sometime around the 2nd weekend in the New Year when I'm done watching everything.

There are more movies I could list, but that's why I said I think I'll stop for now! LOL!

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a Christmas story
the polar express
classic Rudolf
classic frosty the snowman
national lampoons Christmas vacation
scrooge with bill Murray
peanut Christmas
home alone 1-2
jingle all the way
the Santa Claus 1-2

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In addition to what I listed above....Polar Express, and the George C. Scott, 1935, and Muppet versions of A Christmas Carol. Not to mention numerous "classic" TV specials and Christmas episodes of TV shows.

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I originally thought this would be easy to answer but after thinking about it, it wasn't as straightforward as I thought. I have a lot of stuff on dvd's. Movies that I've purchased or have recorded from tv. Plus lots of Christmas shows. Either Christmas episodes of the shows that I like or Christmas specials. I usually start watching them in November but I can't view everything that I have. And I do like to check out some of the new Christmas movies that come out every year.

That being said .. what do I always watch every year without fail.

Christmas Carol .. 1938 version
The Christmas Card
Silent Night ... the one with Linda Hamilton in it
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Christmas in Connecticut
Battle of the Bulbs
On the Twelfth Day of Christmas
While You Were Sleeping

Out of the tv show episodes .. I really enjoy

Little House on the Prairie - Christmas at Plum Creek (an oldie but a goodie)
NCIS and NCIS: LA have some great episodes
JAG : Ghosts of Christmas Past
Who's the Boss : The Christmas Card
the MASH Christmas episodes

I also like the Christmas shows that TLC put together (Christmas Collections, Christmas Crazy Lights, etc)